Broforce
Sign in to saveBroforce is a 2015 side-scrolling run and gun game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The game has the player as one of several "bros", based on popular culture action movie icons (for example, John Rambo and Ellen Ripley – "bro" treated as a gender neutral term), rescuing other "bros" through highly destructible environments.
Game data
Metacritic 83- Released
- 2015-10-15
- User rating
- 4.02 / 5
- Genres
- Platformer, Indie, Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux
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Game details · IGDB
When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the opposing terrorist forces that threaten our way of life. Unleash scores of unique weapons and set off incredible chain reactions of fire, napalm, and limbs in the name of freedom.
- Released
- 2015
- Genres
- Shooter, Platform, Indie, Arcade
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- Unity
- Developer
- Free Lives Games
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Broforce
- Video game.image
- Broforce.png
- Video game.developer
- Free Lives
- Video game.publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Video game.director
- Evan Greenwood
- Video game.producer
- Shaz Greenwood
- Video game.composer
- Deon van Heerden
- Video game.engine
- Unity
- Video game.genre
- Run-and-gun
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.broforcegame.com
- Image
- Broforce blade vs truck.png
Show 5 more facts
- maximum number of players
- 4
- Commons category
- Broforce
- publication date
- 2015-10-17
- minimum number of players
- 1
- review score
- 79/100
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Broforce is a 2015 side-scrolling run and gun game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The game has the player as one of several "bros", based on popular culture action movie icons (for example, John Rambo and Ellen Ripley – "bro" treated as a gender neutral term), rescuing other "bros" through highly destructible environments.
Development began in April 2012 as a game jam entry and continued with developer and popular support, existing as an Early Access game. The game was released on 15 October 2015 for Microsoft Windows and OS X, and a Linux port followed two days later. A PlayStation 4 version was released on 1 March 2016 and a Nintendo Switch port was released on 6 September 2018. It was later released for Xbox One on 8 August 2023.